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Lion of Babylon
Lion of Babylon is a stone sculpture, over 3,600 years old, that was found in the ancient city of Babylon, Iraq. The statue is made out of black basalt, is two meters in length, and the platform upon which it stands is one meter high. It depicts a Mesopotamian lion above a supine human figure. The back of the lion, which contains a carved depression where it is believed that a saddle was originall…
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Creator
- Tech4Heritage
Subject
- statue
- babylon
- Iraq
- Mesopotamia
- archaeology
- Cultural Heritage & History
- archaeological sites
- statues
- World Heritage Sites
- Archaeology
- Archaeological site
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- Tech4Heritage
Subject
- statue
- babylon
- Iraq
- Mesopotamia
- archaeology
- Cultural Heritage & History
- archaeological sites
- statues
- World Heritage Sites
- Archaeology
- Archaeological site
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
- TheFactStories
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Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Creation date
- 2023
- 2023
Temporal
- 1595 BC
- 1595
Provenance
- Photogrammetr
Identifier
- share3d:1534
- share3d:1534
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Share3D
- France
Relations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Babylon_(statue)
Year
- 2023
- -1595
Providing country
- France
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-03-28T17:01:23.411Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-03-28T17:01:23.411Z